Two thousand, two hundred, forty-one miles to go.
Yes, you read that right. Two thousand miles and 1 week from today we'll be in a new home in Chesapeake, Virginia. Short story: After a change in plans as far as majors and life plans go, we decided to go on another adventure. This time it's sales in Virginia. We'll be there for 5 months and then don't know where we'll be after that. Ok, you can stop reading if that's all you wanted to know. For the longer version, keep reading...
Here's a little recap of our lives for the past 3 years (assuming anybody but my grandma is interested)
January 2011: got married and moved to Henderson Nevada as a happy newlywed couple.
December 2011: had a baby! Levi was born December 28th 2011. I can't believe he is two years old!
September 2012: Decided our lives were boring with just one kid so we decided to have another one. Actually, we didn't plan it, but we didn't not plan it either. We were pretty dang excited when we found out Levi was going to have a little brother. We also decided to go back to school. Jason was mildly satisfied with his career as a commercial leasing agent. It was about as glamorous as it sounds.
January 2013: Moved to Rexburg, Idaho to start the Mechanical Engineering program at BYU-I.
July 2013: Finished first year of engineering and moved to Bakersfield, California for an internship with a really great company.
January 2014: Moved back to Rexburg to start year 2 of M.E.
Here's where it gets crazy. And here's why we know we're doing the right thing. The first couple of weeks in back in Rexburg were incredibly stressful. The moving company was 4 days late bringing our things to the house and for some reason our taxes from the previous year hadn't gone through yet. I was in tears after being on the phone for hours with the IRS and ABF (the moving company) trying to figure things out.
Meanwhile, in school, Jason was having some doubts and really struggling with trying to balance the strenuous (read: impossible) workload of an engineering degree with spending time with his family and getting enough sleep and mental and spiritual fuel. Things were just not going well. After a lot of long discussions and a few good prayers, we decided it was best if we switched majors and switched scenery for a while.
In the last few weeks we have sold almost everything we owned and packed up the car once again with our family of four. We've never made a trip this long but we're so excited for this new adventure. Both Jason and I love to move to new places and sometimes get a little restless staying in one place for too long when we know that's not where we want to stay. So... this week we'll be making stops in Nebraska, Missouri nand Kentucky before moving into our new place in Chesapeake, Virginia.
So... any questions?
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